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Wine 1.0?

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5/9/08 at 4:28pm
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Originally Posted by WineHQ, May 2
Wine is finally in code freeze in preparation for releasing wine 1.0, and we need your help!

If you are a user, now would be the time to help us find regressions and file them at bugzilla so we know what we have to fix.

According to Wine's release plan, wine-1.0.0-rc1, will be the first release candidate for 1.0. It is expected to be released at 09th of May 2008.

The code freeze will be less rigid at first, but we're serious about not destabilizing Wine at this point. So go ahead and post your patches, but make sure you've got your ducks in a row, and don't be surprised if Alexandre pushes back.

During the code freeze, patches that are simple, come with a conformance test, fix a regression and/or are low risk are more likely to get in than other patches. This has always been true, but it's even more true during a code freeze. We will actively discourage patches that might endanger a June 1.0 release.

There are 45 open 1.0 bugs as of 2 May. Most of these will simply be rolled over to be fixed for a later release; we only have time to fix a few, and much as we'd like to fix the rest, most are not showstoppers.
and just had this pop into my e-mail box this morning, which is why I noticed it:

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Originally Posted by WineHQ, May 9
This is release 1.0-rc1 of Wine, a free implementation of Windows on Unix.

This is the first release candidate for Wine 1.0. Please give it a
good testing to help us make 1.0 as good as possible. In particular
please help us look for apps that used to work, but don't now. See
http://wiki.winehq.org/PlatinumRegressionHunt for details.

What's new in this release (see below for details):
- Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze.
Wine, in 1.0 status? as in, feature-complete? Inconceivable!
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post #2 of 7
5/9/08 at 11:12pm
Don't misunderstand, it will NOT run every application conceivable.

There are a specific set of applications and features they are gunning for in the 1.0 release. And a set of bugs they want to fix. But this does not mean that you will be able to run every windows app under the sun.

The list IS however fairly complete for a lot of business users, and even for some gamers or multimedia users. Photoshop CS2 I know is on there, but I think CS3 might be on there now as well in example. But, to give another example, they won't care for 1.0 if my acoustical simulation and modeling applications run or not.

So it is a mixed bag. 1.0 is more than just a standard release, as it is the first time in a while now they have had set goals they are working towards, instead of working towards compatibility in general and at random. But it is not a 'feature complete' release as most people would think.

Seablade
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post #3 of 7
5/10/08 at 1:17am
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ah, roger that. i didnt really find any list when i was looking around. i knew it wasnt going to be able to run everything of course, which is why i found it so strange that they were breaking the normal version numbering scheme

feature complete wine is still inconceivable
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post #4 of 7
5/10/08 at 10:00am
Posting in a wining thread.
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post #5 of 7
5/10/08 at 10:44am
So according to Moidock:

Wine/Alcohol == Winning

WooHOO!

Seablade
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post #6 of 7
5/10/08 at 6:06pm
I concur with SeaBlade

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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post #7 of 7
5/13/08 at 2:49pm
It will be a long time until we see perfect compatibility. In fact, Win32 will be long replaced by Win64 by the time Wine gets up to full Vista compatibility. Windows will probably also be up to version 9 or 10.
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